Reason #10

10. History records that a great slaughter took place on a mountain in Palestine within the lifetime of the original recipients of the book of Revelation. In A.D. 70 the Roman armies of Titus totally destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple. According to Eusebius, 1.1 million Jews were killed. Even more perished in the Galilean fighting, died of starvation or disease, and/or were taken into captivity.This event was certainly a judgment of God. We submit that it was more than that. First, it was a day-of-the-Lord judgment of God and in keeping with Jehovah God’s many comings “on the clouds” in day-of-the-Lord judgments in Old Testament times:

• Isaiah 13:10, 13—judgment of Babylon (539 B.C.)
• Isaiah 34:4—judgment of Edom (late 6th century B.C.)
• Ezekiel 32:7—judgment of Egypt (568 B.C.)
• Nahum 1:5—judgment of Nineveh (612 B.C.)
• Joel 2:10—judgment of Judah (586 B.C.)
• Amos 8:9—judgment of the northern kingdom (722 B.C.)

Secondly, since the New Testament states that all judgment has been given by the Father to the Son (John 5:22), we submit that this A.D. 70 coming in judgment was “the great day of God Almighty” (Rev. 16:14). It was also Jesus’ coming “on the clouds” (Matt. 24:30; 26:64; Rev. 1:7) and “in the Father’s glory” (Matt. 16:27; Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26), as Jehovah God had come many times before (see, again, above bullets).

Consequently, in speaking of his coming again, Jesus, who is God, used exactly the same language of the Prophets (cosmic-darkening and collapsing, earth-shaking), described it exactly in the same way (“on the clouds”), for exactly the same purpose (judgment), to accomplish exactly the same thing (destruction of a nation), and employed exactly the same instrumentality (foreign armies). And it all happened within the generation Jesus said it would happen (Matt. 23:36; 24:34).

Sources:

1 The Greater Jesus by John Noe

2 The Scene Behind the Seen (future book – est. 2017) by John Noe